T-Mobile will officially sequelize the G1 later this month with the G2

First teased last month, T-Mobile finally seems ready to make good with its promise of a successor and numeric sequel to the first showcase Androidsmartphone, the T-Mobile G1… one that packs just enough oomph that it will hopefully escape its predecessor’s almost immediate technological obsolescence.

The T-Mobile G2 packs a full QWERT hardware keyboard, flipped out of a 3.7-inch WVGA touchscreen thanks to a new and unique hinge design. Inside, the G2 comes stock with a Qualcom MSM7230 800MHz chipset, so don’t expect Hummingbird-like performance, and the other specs are similarly sound, but not great: a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus and an LED flash, 720p HD video recording, an optical trackpad and an 8GB microSD card.

Software-wise, this is a Froyo phone, and even comes with Flash Player support. The G2 supports voice actions, and Swype.

It looks like an acceptable, if not stunning, Android phone, and we expect it to command a median price amongst other T-Mobile Android phones, although there’s no direct word of price just yet. The G2 will be available in “limited quantities” later in the month.